Player Dossier

2024-2025

Troy

Cheick Kaba

DL • 6'2" • 285 lbs • Minneapolis, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cheick Kaba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.2

Efficiency

10.6

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

8.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Troy • Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cheick Kaba, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Troy. Cheick Kaba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Troy paired 2 primary output with 13.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Troy, Charlotte.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.6

Usage

1.2

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 0. Rice: 0. South Florida: 0. Army: 0. Temple: 0. North Texas: 1. East Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Army: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 4 by 26.7. East Carolina: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Losses0.3 · n=7
First Half0 · n=4 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · n=3 · +0.7 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · n=7

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 11/8@ East CarolinaL 22-4800001
Fri 10/24vs North TexasL 20-5442001
Sat 10/18vs TempleL 14-4911000
Sat 10/11@ ArmyL 7-2441000
Fri 10/3@ South FloridaL 26-5420000
Thu 9/18vs RiceL 17-2810000
Fri 8/29vs App StateL 11-3411000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Troy

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonTroy213.25.9
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte210.61.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#2

North Texas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

#3

East Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

Army

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

#5

Coastal Carolina

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Troy

2 primary output · 13.2 efficiency · 5.9 usage

10

#2

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

8.9

2 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

24

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 12 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Cheick Kaba quick answers

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
24